This weekend was one of the big events of Roswell. Party on the River consists of hot air balloons, muscle cars, greasy food, cheap purses, and a major country artist/band. I'm warning you now, I took a lot of photos from the balloon rally and the Gloriana concert (mostly because they're kind of one of my favorite bands!) Soooooo, Saturday morning, I got up to go to the balloon fest because the company I work for, Southwest Printers, sponsored a balloon. Spiderman actually. The coolest balloon out there if I do say so! :D I rode last year, so this year Xanthia, Tyler, Michael, and Ethan got to go.
Let me tell you, if you've never ridden in a hot air balloon before, put it on your bucket list! It is definately worth it!
Anyways, it was such a beautiful day for flight. Here are the shots from Saturday morning.
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These are a few shots from the basket. Courtesy of Xanthia! :D
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They flew for about 30 minutes then had to come down due to the wind. We all helped pack everything back up!
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Later that afternoon, we decided to go walk around and check out the booths. But it was the concert that night that I was excited for! :D Gloriana has been one of my favorite bands since they first had a debut on an ABC family promo. Ryan, Jaime, and I saw them in El Paso a few months back and I was blown away. They sounded just like they do on their cds.
I made Xanthia come to the front of the stage with me, and even though she didn't want to stand there the whole concert, she did! :D Love that girl! Here are the shots from the concert. :D
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